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• Files show how LA church leaders controlled damage
• Obama: Privilege to use King's Bible in inaugural
• At Obama's church service, hymns, prayers - and a tweet?
• INAUGURATION WATCH: Tradition renewed, church trip
• Obama starts inauguration day with visit to church
• Obama and family cheered as they leave church service before inaugural ceremonies
• BIDENS AT CHURCH
• AT THE CHURCH
• CHURCH PRIMER
• Minister: Newtown church service to 'mend hearts'

Files show how LA church leaders controlled damage Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:49 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony and other top Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials maneuvered behind the scenes to shield molester priests, provide damage control for the church and keep parishioners in the dark, according to church personnel files.

Obama: Privilege to use King's Bible in inaugural Posted: 21 Jan 2013 02:04 PM PST President Barack Obama says it was a privilege to take the oath of office using a Bible that had been owned by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

At Obama's church service, hymns, prayers - and a tweet? Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:14 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There was preaching, praying and singing at President Barack Obama's church service on Inauguration Day on Monday. But was there tweeting, too? As Atlanta pastor Andy Stanley wrapped up his sermon at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House by urging Obama to leverage his power for the greater good, a tweet went out from the president's own Twitter feed. "I'm honored and grateful that we have a chance to finish what we started. Our work begins today. Let's go. -bo," said the tweet, which went to more than 26 million Obama followers. ...

INAUGURATION WATCH: Tradition renewed, church trip Posted: 21 Jan 2013 08:28 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — AP journalists are fanning out across the capital to cover Inauguration Day as part of a running feed of content and analysis. Here are their reports, which will be updated through the day.

Obama starts inauguration day with visit to church Posted: 21 Jan 2013 07:17 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama began inauguration day listening to a church pastor counsel him to use his power to benefit others, and the nation.

Obama and family cheered as they leave church service before inaugural ceremonies Posted: 21 Jan 2013 06:41 AM PST Obama and family cheered as they leave church service before inaugural ceremonies.

BIDENS AT CHURCH Posted: 21 Jan 2013 06:31 AM PST Here's a quick picture of the Bidens entering church this morning, from AP's reporter on the scene, Darlene Superville (http://twitter.com/dsupervilleap ).

AT THE CHURCH Posted: 21 Jan 2013 06:06 AM PST In the AP photo above by Jacquelyn Martin, President Barack Obama and his family walk toward church near the White House just hours before his public inaugural ceremony.

CHURCH PRIMER Posted: 21 Jan 2013 05:35 AM PST St. John's Episcopal Church, across Lafayette Park from the White House, where President Barack Obama and his family will worship before the public inauguration ceremony, is known as "The Church of the Presidents." Since its first service in October 1816, every U.S president has attended a regular or occasional service.

Minister: Newtown church service to 'mend hearts' Posted: 20 Jan 2013 05:34 PM PST NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Town residents have a long journey ahead of them after last month's deadly elementary school shooting, but destiny lies in their ability to be united, a local minister said Sunday at a church service honoring the victims.

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